The current state of mountain climate of the Karachay-Cherkess Republic

The analysis of dynamics of climatic indexes of four climatic zones of the republic is presented in article. In the territory of Karachay-Cherkessia warming of climate is observed, for the 45th summer period (1972-2016) increase in average annual air temperature was 1.7 ºС, for the last ten years it increased 0.3 ºС. Increase in quantity of a liquid atmospheric precipitation was 33.9 mm/year, and here the quantity of firm rainfall in mountainous areas of the republic during the cold period tends to reduction. The analysis of dynamics of hydrothermal indexes of climate and features of economic activity allows to conclude that the technogenic loadings having peculiar features of differentiated environmental management in many respects define warming of climate in natural and geographical zones of Karachay-Cherkessia.